Story Starters for Creative Writing
By Lynn, on September 25th, 2008
As I’ve mentioned before, Story Starters is a resource I am using with Princess of the Universe this year for 5th grade. I don’t use it every day, but I do pull from it regularly. Today was a good day to use it. We are studying Very Last First Time this week and Story Starters happened to have a prompt about a man shipwrecked on an island in cold, Atlantic waters.
Here is what Michaela wrote:
Striving for food, he desperately wanted sandwiches, meat, and cheese. Struggling for warmth in the icy climate, he skinned some of the penguins for warmth. On the cold water, the sun was like a ship not sunk then sinks into darkness.
Waking up cold he burnt some of the wood from his ship to make a fire. Sitting for hours and his gun beside him, he took the powder out and burnt his gun too. He frowned, but gazing over a iceberg he grinned. A ship was in the water. It had food, water, and warmth. He went aboard, ate, and drank and got warm. And lived happily ever after.
We’ve got a few issues to work on in the way of grammar and sentence structure, but not bad for a 10-year-old. I am not sure about skinning the penguins, but they do look pretty big in the picture. I imagine you’d be in some legal trouble after you got rescued. 
Lynn
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About Lynn
I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.
I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.
For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool. The Players
Lil Ol' Me
Son Daniel, 23
Son, Big Joe, 20
Son, John, 17
Daughter, Michaela, 13
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My Symphony
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884
What You Do Sow a thought, reap an action.
Sow an action, reap a habit.
Sow a habit, reap a character.
Sow a character, reap a destiny.
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